From: Banty 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Does this have a bearing on house value?
Date: 21 Jun 2006 13:31:13 -0700

In article , N/A says...
>
>N/A wrote:
>> Banty wrote:
>> 
>>> In article , dave says...
>>>
>>>> My street address is 666.  The house comes up around $400,000 but I 
>>>> think the value is probably lower due to the address.  I think it may 
>>>> lose as much as $20,000 in value because of it.  Am I correct?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Where do you get $20,000?  It would take $20,000 to fix it?  (What - 
>>> re-order
>>> your address and register with the munincipality and 911 or whatever..??)
>>>
>>> Or do you mean $20,000 less as people think less of the house? That 
>>> doesn't make
>>> sense to me.   If someone is superstitous about 666, I'd think they 
>>> don't want
>>> the house at all.  If they're not superstitious, it won't matter.
>>>
>>> Do houses with addresses of, say, 13 Lake Street, valued at less?
>>>
>>> The only way this translates into a lower house value is if *you* as a 
>>> seller
>>> could be convinced of it.
>>>
>>> Banty
>>>
>>>
>> 
>> Ha.
>> 
>> Why is 666 bad?
>> 
>> I specifically asked to have as many 6's or 8's when applying the new 
>> phone service at my new house. No wonder I got what I wanted easily 
>> (mostly 6's in the phone number).
>> 
>
>Never mind. Google told me that 666 is the number of beast.  I thought 
>that was a lucky number (at least in my culture).
>

What is your culture?  Maybe the original poster can advertise to members of
your culture when he sells, and tack on an extra $20,000 to the asking price 
;-)

Banty


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